Comments on: Naked Lunch

By: R. Smith

R. Smith — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:19:47 +0000

Thanks for the info! Much appreciated! I guess I can read this copy without feeling as though I’m destroying a national treasure.

By: RealityStudio

RealityStudio — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:37:20 +0000

To R. Smith — That’s a third printing. Copies currently run from $50-100 USD. For more on the Olympia Press Naked Lunch, see here:

https://realitystudio.org/scholarship/secrets-of-the-olympia-press-naked-lunch/

By: R. Smith

R. Smith — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:52:00 +0000

I’m just curious. Just saw a video on valuable books and they showed a version of TNL. Thought I hit the jackpot. But my version – very close to the original – shows “Francs: 18” on the back cover. On the next to last page, it says:
“PRINTED IN FRANCE
by Imprimerie Croutzet, June 1965
First printing 1959, Copyright 1959,1965 by William S. Burroughs.
Library of Congress catalogue card number 60-11097.
Depot legal 1959, 2 trimestre 1965.”
Any value or cheap copy?

By: Max Barrett

Max Barrett — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:28:26 +0000

I have a first edition Olympia, second printing… I THINK.

It has all the markings of a second printing, except for the price on the back cover, which clearly reads “18 Francs,” rather than “NF 18.” I don’t see this in any of the usual references, and I wonder if this might actually be one of the bootlegs referred to in Maynard & Miles.

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:26:14 +0000

I have for a long time been wondering if there is any differences in the order of text, or perhaps missing or adding texts in the ORIGINAL 1959 The Naked Lunch Olympia pressing. Is there a table of contents someone can post on here? This question has been driving me mad for years, I hope someone can help!

By: Paul Rickert

Paul Rickert — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:32:15 +0000

First time NL buyers should always beware the married jacket. Some sellers it appears chose to “rub out the word” on the Roman numeral, and with the uncoated Grove jacket it is not difficult to conceal. I own two Grove firsts and both have a suspicious little scar on the back. Very thoughtful marketing considering I bought these in the early 90s.